Sexual Health: Dowling

Question 1

How do you define identity, behavior, and attraction in the context of sex and in the umbrella category of sexual orientation?

Answer 1

Identity: how a person self-defines or labels their sexuality
Behavior: gender of a person’s sexual and romantic partners
Attraction: gender a person is attracted to

Question 2

Define transgender

Answer 2

People identify and/or express their gender as opposite of their biologic birth sex; or people who define themselves as having no true gender or they have elements of multiple genders

Question 3

How should we approach the terms sexual orientation and gender identity

Answer 3

THEY ARE DIFFERENT: transgender is a person’s gender identity and expression, but not referring to gender to which they’re attracted

Question 4

Define intersex in general

Answer 4

Individuals with variety of conditions involving anomalies of the sex chromosomes, gonads, repro ducts, and genitalia

Question 5

When was homosexuality removed as a mental disorder in the DSM? ____ ____ ____ is still a DSM diagnosis

Answer 5

1973; gender identity disorder

Question 6

Which population is more likely to smoke, LGBT or general? Who accounts for nearly half of all people with HIV in the US? Which race(s) is/are more affected by HIV? Who is more likely to be obese, lesbians or heterosexual women?

Answer 6

LGBT; Men who have sex with men; black and non-white; lesbians

Question 7

What are some things characteristic of gay, lesbian, bisexual students/people?

Answer 7

More likely to be depressed, anxious, and suicidal; engage in unhealthy eating behaviors, more intimate partner violence for same-sex couples, difficulties at school like fighting, injured, dating violence, avoiding school in general